hoots

英 [huːts] 美 [huːts]

v.  发出大声; 喊叫; (使汽车喇叭)鸣响; (猫头鹰)鸣叫
n.  大笑; 大喊; 可笑的事情(或人); (车辆的)喇叭声
hoot的第三人称单数和复数

柯林斯词典

  1. V-ERG 按（汽车喇叭）;（汽车喇叭）鸣响
    If you hoot the horn on a vehicle or if it hoots, it makes a loud noise on one note.
    1. I never hoot my horn when I pick a girl up for a date...
      我开车接女孩出去约会时从不按喇叭。
    2. Somewhere in the distance a siren hooted...
      远处某个地方响起了警报声。
    3. I can be very rude to motorists who hoot at me...
      对那些朝我按喇叭的司机我会很不客气。
    4. It felt good to drive down the middle of the road, hooting at every junction.
      在马路中央直驱而行，每到交叉路口就摁喇叭，这样开车感觉真好。
    5. Hoot is also a noun.
    6. Mortlake strode on, ignoring the car, in spite of a further warning hoot.
      莫特莱克继续大步前行，不理会那辆汽车，尽管它又鸣喇叭警告。

    2. in AM, usually use 美国英语通常用honk,toot

  2. VERB 高声大笑;（表示反对而）喊叫
    If you hoot, you make a loud high-pitched noise when you are laughing or showing disapproval.
    1. The protesters chanted, blew whistles and hooted at the name of Governor Pete Wilson...
      抗议者喊着口号、吹着哨子，并大声尖叫着皮特·威尔逊州长的名字。
    2. Bev hooted with laughter.
      贝夫高声大笑。
    3. Hoot is also a noun.
    4. His confession was greeted with derisive hoots...
      他的坦白引起了人们嘲讽的嘘叫。
    5. This time she burst into hoots of laughter.
      这次她突然放声大笑起来。
  3. VERB （猫头鹰）发出鸣叫声
    When an owl hoots, it makes a sound like a long 'oo'.
    1. Out in the garden an owl hooted suddenly.
      外面的花园里突然有一只猫头鹰呜呜地叫起来。
  4. N-SING 滑稽可笑的人（或事物）
    If you say that someone or something is a hoot, you think they are very amusing.
    1. Michael Fish is my favourite. He's a hoot, a real character.
      我最喜欢迈克尔·菲什。他滑稽逗趣，是个实实在在的人物。
  5. PHRASE 毫不在乎;根本不在意
    If you say that you don'tgive a hoot or don't care two hoots about something, you are emphasizing that you do not care at all about it.
    1. Alan doesn't care two hoots about Irish politics...
      艾伦对爱尔兰政治毫不关心。
    2. They just don't give a hoot.
      他们根本毫不在乎。
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双语例句

  1. Alan doesn't care two hoots about Irish politics
    艾伦对爱尔兰政治毫不关心。
  2. Buffett not being a judge, that line drew a few hoots and hollers.
    巴菲特幸亏不是法官，否则他的这番陈词定会引起一片哗然。
  3. He may stand upright, throw things, make aggressive charges, and pound his huge chest while barking out powerful hoots or unleashing a frightening roar.
    他会直立，会丢东西，会做出非常具有攻击性的动作，甚至会猛捶自己胸部大声咆哮。
  4. Now, I don't give three hoots for the mcgaffeys or you.
    现在，我可管不着什么麦格菲或你。
  5. When they finally paraded out of the kitchen, cheers and hoots of laughter erupted from the few of us that were still awake.
    当他们终于从厨房里炫耀地把猪抬出来时，我们少数几个还醒著的人爆出阵阵欢呼及笑声。
  6. Family Harford has just put in an offer for the house next door, to hoots of scorn from my colleagues, who know me as a bear among bears.
    我和老婆家刚刚打算出价购买邻居的一栋房产，便遭到同事一番嘲讽，因为他们知道我是一个“熊市论”者。
  7. Booing and hoots of scorn.
    表示轻蔑的嘘声和尖叫声。
  8. His speech was greeted with loud hoots.
    他的演讲遭到了轻蔑的嘘声。
  9. Waiting is the hoots of time.
    等待是时间的足蹄。
  10. Then, once alone, Patterson heard Koko make the gorilla's distress call: a loud series of hoots.
    在佩特森离开后，她听到科科用大猩猩的方式表达了痛苦：发出一连串大叫。
  11. He is a sort of person who doesn't care two hoots what other people think.
    他就是一个别人怎么想他毫不在乎的那种人。
  12. Spearheaded by one Harvard graduate, thousands of MBA students around the world have signed an oath to proclaim that they will behave ethically, a move that has been greeted with enthusiasm by some and hoots of derision by others.
    在一名哈佛毕业生的带头下，全球几千名MBA学生签署了一项誓言，声称他们以后的行为将遵守道德规范。此举毁誉参半，既有人热情响应，也有人大加嘲讽。
  13. She gave three short hoots on the car horn.
    她短促地鸣了三声喇叭。
  14. She doesn't give two hoots about being in debt.
    她对负债毫不在乎。
  15. The rest of his lads were striking as well, and the forest was filled with hoots and hollers, curses and insults as the gryphons darted past.
    其他的蛮锤也攻击的很好，森林里满是骂声和叫喊，当狮鹫飞过时咒骂和侮辱声不绝于耳。
  16. I don't give two hoots what doc Silverstein says.
    我不管斯尔维斯顿医生怎么说。
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